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dwindle

[dwin-dl] / ˈdwɪn dl /


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And as landslides sever access roads and supplies dwindle in several parts of the island, there are growing concerns about how much longer survivors can hold out.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

Oil revenues are likely to dwindle, businesses will again delay investment and households will cut spending even further.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

But as funding from cap-and-invest and the climate bond dwindle, the state must increasingly turn to Cal Fire, which devotes only a small portion of its budget to mitigation work.

From Los Angeles Times May 30, 2026

The question is whether price increases accelerate as inventory sources dwindle.

From MarketWatch May 13, 2026

There was much to remember about that time, and much to tell, but the moon in its nightly travels would dwindle, disappear, and fatten again before their stories were entirely told.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart

Colleges across America are reckoning with the demographic cliff as the pipeline of 18-year-olds dwindles.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

But a lack of seeds and other food for mice might mean that prey dwindles over time.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 5, 2026

Markets are focused on the rupee as it dwindles toward the psychological breakwater of 100 to the dollar.

From Barron's May 21, 2026

As time dwindles, the Internal Revenue Service has received over 1 million fewer income-tax returns compared to the same point a year ago.

From MarketWatch Apr. 9, 2026

“His wife is ill, and he has closed his shop. My business dwindles daily. I have already lost one of my lads, gone with his family to Wilmington.”

From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson

He spent the next decade moving from safe-house to safe-house, first protected by a loyal team of bodyguards and, when they dwindled away, by his family.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

As those policies have dwindled, the clearing yield must rise to attract other buyers.

From MarketWatch Aug. 7, 2026

The DCG "gradually became less active as security assistance to Pakistan dwindled", said Shuja Nawaz, Atlantic Council fellow and author of "The Battle for Pakistan: The Bitter US Friendship and a Tough Neighbourhood".

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

Putnam wrote that as regular social engagement and recreation dwindled, so did participation in daily civic life.

From Salon Jul. 3, 2026

In February of 1854, as funds dwindled, Cornelius Grinnell asked Elisha’s brother, Robert Patterson Kane, for help.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

If dwindling supplies of cold gas were primarily responsible, however, astronomers would expect the dramatic fall in star formation to be accompanied by a similarly large decline in the available gas.

From Science Daily Sep. 3, 2026

I currently help support him with about $1,000 a month, much of it from my dwindling savings.

From MarketWatch Sep. 2, 2026

Struggling German sports car maker Porsche plans to end production of the Taycan, its flagship fully electric model, by 2030 after steadily dwindling sales, a report said Thursday.

From Barron's Aug. 13, 2026

Wendy’s shares rose 15% to $8.66 after reports that Nelson Peltz’s Trian Partners investment firm had offered to take the burger chain private following a period of dwindling sales.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

Not to mention the threat of radiation outside—though Alec thinks it’s finally dwindling.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner




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